Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state

In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience

Misbeliefs in one's inefficacy may retard development of the very subskills upon which more complex performances depend

Among the types of thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities

Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures

People behave agentically, but they produce theories that afford people very little agency.